MHET 2/2, 230 (P481487)

Legal tablet excavated in Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah), dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 080533

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Bequest (?))

Language(s)

-

Measurements

-

Text

tablet
obverse
1. 1(disz) _sar e2 kankal#_ [...] x x x x
2. _da e2_ ib-ni-{d}mar-tu
3. u3 _da e2_ sza-at-{d}a-a _lukur# {d}utu_
4. {disz}na-bi-{d}suen x x x x x
5. u3-ra-ga-ma [...]
  Dekiere: u3-, collate for u2-
6. a-na ru-ut-tum _lukur {d}utu_
7. _nin-a-ni#_ [i]-na-ad-di#-[ma ...]
8. {disz}geme2-{d}utu _lukur# {d}utu dumu-munus#_ [...]
9. 3(gesz2) _sze gur_ [...]
10. sza na-bi-{d}suen [...]
11. a-na ru-ut#-[tum ...] x x
12. _nin-a-[ni_ ...]
13. a-na# x [...]
14. ma-la [...]
reverse
  beginning broken
1'. [_mu_ ...] {d}a-[a ...]
2'. [{disz}]ha#-am-mu-ra#-[pi2 ...]
3'. [u3] {iri}zimbir{[ki]}
4'. [it]-mu la x x [...]
5'. _igi#_ {d}iszkur-i-din-nam _dumu#_ [...]
6'. _igi_ t,a3-ap-pi4-isz8-tar2 x [...]
7'. [...] dingir#-szu-ba-ni
  single ruling
8'. _igi#_ [be]-el#-szu-nu
9'. _dumu_ {d}utu-ba-ni
10'. _igi_ SIG-an-nu-ni-tum
11'. _dumu_ {d}utu-dingir
12'. _mu e2 {d}iszkur ba-du3_

Text content

Genre(s) Legal (Bequest (?))
Language(s)

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P481487

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Sippar-Yahrurum (mod. Tell Abu Habbah)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 080533
Accession Number 1891-05-09 Bu, 0671

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.80533
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1891-0509-671

References

  • primary: MHET 2/2, 230

    [Dekiere1994MHET2/2] Dekiere, Luc. 1994. Old Babylonian Real Estate Documents from Sippar in the British Museum. Part 2: Documents from the Reign of Hammurabi. Mesopotamian History and Environment. Series III. Texts 2. Ghent: University of Ghent.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2019-06-29 at 04:42:32 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI Approved View
2018-08-24 at 18:04:16 Foxvog, Daniel A. Transliteration Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View
2015-08-28 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Firth, Richard CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/2, 230 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P481487.
MHET 2/2, 230 artifact entry (No. P481487). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481487 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 230 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481487 (Accessed: April 15, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MHET 2/2, 230 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481487},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481487},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“MHET 2/2, 230 Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P481487.
MHET 2/2, 230 artifact entry (No. P481487). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P481487 (Original work published 2015)
MHET 2/2, 230 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P481487 (Accessed: April 15, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-15]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {MHET 2/2, 230 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P481487},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P481487},
}


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DA  - 2023/8/19/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P481487
LB  - CDLI:P481487
M1  - 2026/4/15/
TI  - MHET 2/2, 230 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P481487
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